1949 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1949

Notable Films Released in 1949

U.S.A. unless stated

A

• Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• The Accused, starring Loretta Young and Robert Cummings
• Adam's Rib, directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, narrated by Basil Rathbone and Bing Crosby
• Africa Screams, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Alexander Popov, starring Nikolai Cherkasov - (U.S.S.R.)
• Alias Nick Beal, starring Ray Milland and Audrey Totter
• All the King's Men, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge
• Always Leave Them Laughing, starring Milton Berle and Bert Lahr
• Any Number Can Play, starring Clark Gable, Alexis Smith, Audrey Totter
• Aventurera (Adventuress) - (Mexico)

B

• The Barkleys of Broadway, the last of 10 films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• Barsaat (Rain), directed by and starring Raj Kapoor - (India)
• Battleground, starring Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy
• The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, starring Betty Grable
• Begone Dull Care, experimental animated film featuring music of Oscar Peterson - (Canada)
• Beyond the Forest, starring Bette Davis
• The Big Cat, starring Preston Foster, Forrest Tucker, Peggy Ann Garner
• The Big Steal, starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Patric Knowles
• Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro), starring Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano - (Italy)
• The Blue Lagoon, starring Jean Simmons - (Britain)
• Border Incident, starring Ricardo Montalbán
• Boys from the Streets (Gategutter) - (Norway)
• The Bribe, starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, John Hodiak

C

• Canadian Pacific, starring Randolph Scott and Jane Wyatt
• Caught, directed by Max Ophüls, starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Ryan
• Champion, starring Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell
• Chicken Every Sunday, directed by George Seaton, starring Dan Dailey and Celeste Holm
• The Chiltern Hundreds, directed by John Paddy Carstairs - (Britain)
• Christopher Columbus, directed by David MacDonald, starring Frederic March - (Britain)
• City Across the River, starring Stephen McNally
• Colorado Territory, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo
• Come to the Stable, starring Loretta Young and Celeste Holm
• Criss Cross, starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo
• Crows and Sparrows (Wuya yu maque), directed by Zheng Junli - (China)

D

• A Dangerous Profession, starring George Raft and Ella Raines
• Distant Journey (Daleká cesta) - (Czechoslovakia)

E

• East Side, West Side, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ava Gardner, James Mason, Van Heflin, Nancy Davis
• Edward, My Son, directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr
• Easy Living, starring Victor Mature and Lucille Ball
• The Emperor of Capri (L'imperatore di Capri), directed by Luigi Comencini - (Italy)
• The Emperor's Nightingale (Císařův slavík), an animated film narrated by Boris Karloff - (Czechoslovakia)

F

• Father was a Fullback, starring Fred MacMurray
• Flamingo Road, starring Joan Crawford
• For Them That Trespass, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, starring Richard Todd - (Britain)
• The Fountainhead, directed by King Vidor, starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal

G

• Give Us This Day, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Sam Wanamaker - (Britain)
• The Great Gatsby, starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Ruth Hussey
• The Great Madcap (El Gran Calavera), directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Fernando Soler - (Mexico)

H

• Hardly a Criminal (Apenas un delincuente), directed by Hugo Fregonese - (Argentina)
• The Hasty Heart, starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal - (U.S./Britain)
• The Heiress, directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins
• Holiday Affair, starring Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh
• Home of the Brave, starring Jeff Corey
• House of Strangers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Conte, Susan Hayward

I

• I Married a Communist, starring Laraine Day and Robert Ryan
• I Shot Jesse James, starring Preston Foster and John Ireland
• I Was a Male War Bride, starring Cary Grant
• Impact, starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines
• In the Good Old Summertime, starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson
• In the Name of the Law (In nome della legge), directed by Pietro Germi - (Italy)
• The Inspector General, starring Danny Kaye
• The Interrupted Journey, starring Richard Todd and Valerie Hobson - (Britain)
• Intruder in the Dust, directed by Clarence Brown
• It Happens Every Spring, starring Ray Milland
• It's Not Cricket directed by Alfred Roome, starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne - (Britain)

J

• Johnny Stool Pigeon, starring Shelley Winters and Howard Duff
• Jolson Sings Again, starring Larry Parks and Barbara Hale
• Jour de fête (Festival Day), directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)

K

• Kind Hearts and Coronets, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson - (Britain)
• King of the Rocket Men, starring Tristram Coffin and Mae Clarke

L

• Late Spring (Banshun), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)
• Life (Vazhkai), directed by A. V. Meiyappan, starring Vyjayanthimala in her screen debut - (India)
• A Letter to Three Wives, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Paul Douglas, Kirk Douglas
• Little Women, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, June Allyson, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
• Lust for Gold, starring Ida Lupino and Glenn Ford

M

• Ma and Pa Kettle, starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride
• Madame Bovary, starring Jennifer Jones and James Mason
• Mahal (The Mansion), starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala - (India)
• Malaya, starring Spencer Tracy and James Stewart
• Manon, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot - (France)
• The Marriage of Figaro (Figaros Hochzeit) - (East Germany)
• Mighty Joe Young, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Terry Moore and Ben Johnson
• Mother Is a Freshman, starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson
• My Foolish Heart, starring Susan Hayward and Dana Andrews
• My Friend Irma, film debut of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

N

• Neptune's Daughter, starring Esther Williams
• Night Unto Night, directed by Don Siegel, starring Ronald Reagan
• No Way Back, starring Terence De Marney, Eleanor Summerfield - (Britain)

O

• Obsession, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Robert Newton - (Britain)
• Oh, You Beautiful Doll, starring June Haver
• On the Town, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett

P

• The Passionate Friends, directed by David Lean, starring Ann Todd and Claude Rains - (Britain)
• Passport to Pimlico, starring Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherford - (Britain)
• Pinky, starring Jeanne Crain
• Prince of Foxes, starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles
• Prison (Fängelse), directed by Ingmar Bergman - (Sweden)

Q

• The Queen of Spades, starring Anton Walbrook and Edith Evans - (Britain)
• The Quiet Duel (Shizukanaru Ketto), starring Toshiro Mifune - (Japan)

R

• The Reckless Moment, starring James Mason and Joan Bennett
• Red, Hot and Blue, starring Betty Hutton and Victor Mature
• Red Light, starring George Raft and Virginia Mayo
• The Red Pony, starring Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum
• The Rocking Horse Winner, starring Valerie Hobson and John Howard Davies - (Britain)
• Rope of Sand, starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
• Rotation (Sowjetische Zone) - (East Germany)
• Rustlers, starring Tim Holt and Martha Hyer

S

• Samson and Delilah, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature
• Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by Allan Dwan, starring John Wayne
• The Secret Garden, starring Margaret O'Brien and Herbert Marshall
• The Set-Up, starring Robert Ryan
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, starring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson
• Shockproof, starring Cornel Wilde
• Une si jolie petite plage (Such a Pretty Little Beach), directed by Yves Allégret - (France)
• Le Silence de la mer, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville - (France)
• Slattery's Hurricane, starring Richard Widmark, Veronica Lake, Linda Darnell
• The Small Back Room, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - (Britain)
• Sons of Matthew (aka The Rugged O'Riordans) - (Australia)
• South of St. Louis, starring Joel McCrea and Alexis Smith
• The Stratton Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson
• Stray Dog (Nora inu), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune - (Japan)
• Streets of Laredo, starring William Holden, Macdonald Carey, William Bendix
• The Sun Comes Up, starring Jeannette MacDonald, Lloyd Nolan, Lassie

TUV

• Tension, starring Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse
• That Dangerous Age, starring Myrna Loy and Peggy Cummins
• That Forsyte Woman, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon
• That Midnight Kiss, starring Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza
• They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell
• Thieves' Highway, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Richard Conte
• The Third Man, directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles - (Britain)
• Too Late for Tears, starring Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea
• Tulsa, starring Susan Hayward and Robert Preston
• Twelve O'Clock High, starring Gregory Peck
• Under Capricorn, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Britain)
• The Undercover Man, starring Glenn Ford and Nina Foch

WXYZ

• Waga koi wa moenu (Flame of My Love), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
• The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles), directed by René Clément, starring Jean Gabin - (France/Italy)
• We Were Strangers, starring Jennifer Jones and John Garfield
• Whirlpool, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gene Tierney
• Whisky Galore!, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Basil Radford and Joan Greenwood - (Britain)
• White Heat, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien
• The Window, starring Barbara Hale and Arthur Kennedy
• Without Honor, starring Laraine Day
• You, the Rich (Ustedes los ricos), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
• You're My Everything, directed by Walter Lang, starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter